At its 65th plenary meeting, on 18 December 2009, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee,66 recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 2006/9 of 25 July 2006, in which the Council decided, inter alia, that the Commission on the Status of Women, at its fifty-third session, would discuss the possibility of conducting in 2010 a review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action67 and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”,68 taking note of Commission resolution 53/1,69 in which the Commission decided to review, at its fifty-fourth session, the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the Assembly, emphasizing the sharing of experiences and good practices, with a view to overcoming
